Shop With A Cop Event - City Of Sharonville Police Department
Shop With A Cop Event
Sharonville Police Department, with the assistance of the Sharonville
Community Fund, wish to provide a memorable holiday season for children in
our community that come from financially disadvantaged circumstances.
Sharonville Police Officers achieve this goal with the Shop With A Cop event.
Without this event, it is our fear that many of the children that are nominated to
participate simply would not have the type of holiday season that we all want for our own children.
The participating children are students at the two public elementary schools
located in Sharonville. The teachers at these schools really know their students
and do an excellent job of nominating kids that are truly in need. This event has
grown over the years and last year, we were able to provide thirty one children with a wonderful experience!
On the day of this event, each child is picked up by a police officer in a police
cruiser. Each child’s family is provided bags of food, easy to prepare meals,
hygiene products, winter hats and gloves etc. We then drive the kids to a chosen
restaurant where the kids are treated to a large, warm breakfast. This breakfast
creates an excellent opportunity for each child and the police officers to get to
know each other. At breakfast, each child is given a T-shirt, on the back of which
are the names of the businesses whose generous donations make this event
possible. From there, the children are treated to a shopping spree with the police
officers, where they are allowed to buy appropriate gifts for themselves, family
members, etc. We also ensure that each child receives a new winter coat and a
pair of shoes. Once the shopping is complete, the children are treated to an after
party, complete with a pizza, games, gift wrapping, arts and crafts and many other festivities.
This event is only possible thanks to the generous donations of local businesses
and community members! Thanks to these donations, less fortunate children in
our community can have a wonderful holiday experience and great memories are
created! We, as police officers are also able to form positive relationships with
these children and their families!
Learn more: http://Sharonville.org
